OBJECTIVES Cluster B personality disorder traits and positive psychological change, known as posttraumatic growth (PTG), are both possible outcomes following childhood trauma. However, existing research has not yet explored whether emotion regulation difficulties can simultaneously explain these negative and positive changes. METHOD A sample of childhood trauma survivors (N = 223) provided responses to an online survey, with findings assessed using structural equation modeling techniques. RESULTS Emotion regulation difficulties were found to mediate between childhood trauma severity and cluster B traits (ab cs = -.05), and between childhood trauma severity and PTG (abcs = .13), with small to medium indirect effects. The final model accounted for more variance in cluster B traits (56%) than PTG (10%). CONCLUSIONS Emotion regulation is therefore a key mediator of positive and negative psychological changes and should be the focus of intervention efforts among childhood trauma survivors.

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情绪调节介导儿童创伤后的创伤后成长和 B 组人格特征。

目标 B 类人格障碍特征和积极的心理变化，称为创伤后成长 (PTG)，都是童年创伤后的可能结果。然而，现有研究尚未探索情绪调节困难是否可以同时解释这些消极和积极的变化。方法 一个儿童创伤幸存者样本（N = 223）提供了对在线调查的回复，并使用结构方程建模技术评估了调查结果。结果 发现情绪调节困难在童年创伤严重程度和B类特征（abcs = -.05）之间以及在童年创伤严重程度和PTG之间（abcs = .13）之间具有中介作用，具有小到中等的间接影响。与 PTG (10%) 相比，最终模型在集群 B 性状 (56%) 中的差异更大。